Embark on an educational journey of Indigenous plant knowledge with Dr. Leigh Joseph, owner of Sḵwálwen Botanicals including a shop tour, estuary walk and tea tasting.
Dr. Leigh Joseph, whose ancestral name is Styawat, is the ethnobotanist, researcher, activist, and Indigenous founder of Sḵwálwen Botanicals. She is also a mother and wife, a daughter and community leader whose aim is to help heal the intergenerational effects of cultural trauma within the Squamish Nation by learning, working with and preserving Indigenous plants, and carrying them forward into the modern world.
Leigh holds a PhD in Ethnobotany and is the author of the bestselling non-fiction book Held by the Land: A Guide to Indigenous Plants for Wellness.
Weaving together the wisdom passed down through her ancestors and the knowledge gained through her academic career, Leigh acts as a living bridge between past and present, plants and people.